All this week we are reporting on the run-up to the general election in Zimbabwe on Saturday.
More than 5 million registered voters in the country will be choosing a new president, members of parliament and local councillors.
President Mugabe has two main challengers
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President Mugabe has said that he will not concede defeat in the presidential poll
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President Robert Mugabe, the only president the country has known since independence in 1980, is seeking a fresh mandate against a challenge from three opponents, the main ones MDC opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, and former finance minister, Simba Makoni, who is standing as an independent.
A key issue for voters is the economy. Once the breadbasket of the region, Zimbabwe's inflation rate is now the highest in the world at more that 100,000%.
Lewis Machipisa prepared this overview of the upcoming election. (24/03/08)
What do Zimbabwe-watchers expect from the election? Nick Ericsson asked Knox Chitiyo, Zimbabwe expert and head of the Africa programme at the Royal United Services, for his analysis. (28/03/08)
Vote-rigging fears
The country's voters' roll has not been made public leading to opposition concerns that "ghost" voters could marr the poll. Brian Hungwe reports. (27/03/08)
Opposition confidence
Not many opinion polls have been conducted in Zimbabwe ahead of these elections - and even those that have, are believed to contain a significant degree of statistical error - a lot of the voters are actually reluctant to disclose their choice to pollsters.
Morgan Tsvangirai is the presidential candidate for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, (MDC) and Nick Ericsson called him in Harare to find out how strong he feels his support is in the last days of campaigning. (27/03/08)
Alongside Simba Makoni, Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai, Langton Towungana will be standing as an independent candidate. Not much is known of this man so Nick Ericsson got in touch with him in Harare and asked him how he expects to fare in the poll. (27/03/08)
"Puppets of the West"
President Robert Mugabe told a rally the weekend before the elections that he will not concede defeat in the presidential elections, echoing the army and police chiefs who have said they will not allow what they call "puppets of the West" to rule Zimbabwe. Lewis Machipisa asked the minister of information, Sikhanyiso Ndlovu whether the government agreed that the security chiefs should back the status quo? (26/03/08)
View from across the border
We ask people from Zambia and Botswana how they feel about Zimbabwe's election. (26/03/08)
Inflation
Just four days ahead of the polls, the state media has quoted President Mugabe as saying that prices must be brought down to combat the 100,000% inflation. Nick Ericsson reports. (25/03/08)
Campaigning
Ahead of the elections opposition groups have accused the government of printing millions of surplus ballot papers and state media blackout. Lewis Machipisa spoke to independent candidate, Simba Makoni on the line to Bindura, north of the capital Harare, and he asked him how the campaigning was going? (25/03/08)
Free and Fair?
Wilf Mbanga is the editor of the opposition newspaper, The Zimbabwean, and George Shire is an academic who supports the ruling Zanu-PF party. The BBC's Joseph Winter invited them to discuss whether the result is a foregone conclusion? (14/03/08)
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Mr & Mrs President
Jellybaby gives Jambo some assistance as he pens an early draft of his letter of congratulations to Zimbabwe's election winner.
